Um, I must be a total square.
My mom is like: didn't you know the man burned and they're prosecuting someone for it?
Then what made it worse, she was like:everybody knows that.
Did I mention my mom is almost 60 and a corporate puppet?
I love her more than anything in the world but she just made me feel out of touch.

Interestingly, when you click on the link for Upcoming Shows, you get this message: "Regrettably, due to Paul's illness, all upcoming shows have been canceled. We hope to resume the run upon his recovery."

wynturmute wrote:That makes me feel really bad. As this is my first burn and it won't even be a burn...

Huh? Ya know, they build a new Man every year and burn it every year. So technically, the Man's already been burned like 22-23 times before...so what are you missing? Are you missing the arson pre-burn? Well, yeah you missed that... BFD

Technically, he burned three times last year. First by dipshit..second, the fucking awesome burn of phoenix Man..and the third burn of charred Man by the DPW. Bring an extra bottle of Jack or Jim Beam to donate to the DPW this year.

Well, not to get all philosophical and all, but that applies in all directions. I bought my ticket, and my ride included the pre-burn. I take the ride as I find it. Same for you, right?

Paul burned the Man, he bought his ticket and got his ride, too. BMOrg bought their ticket and got their ride. C'est la vie.

I have no clue what Hunter Thompson would have thought. I remember him getting kicked off a candidate's campaign plane for reporting heavy drug use in his Rolling Stone coverage of whatever presidential election year it was - everyone knew the story was an outright lie. Mr. Thompson bought his ticket and got his ride. :-> I'd think Mr. Thompson had the courage to attack politicians at the highest level for their cowardice and currying of favor from moneyed interests. Maybe he would have appreciated an attack on stale convention? Was that what the pre-Burn was? Or did I just imagine it? Who can tell?

We all get to have our opinions. I didn't choose to buy my ticket for this life, but I'm _taking_ the ride and making it mine.

Here is a link to an amazing sequence from Monday night/Tuesday morning last year. It shows the "1st man", the full moon and incredibly a shot of Addis setting the man on fire. Yes, he is in the shot up on the top of the tent. Check it out!

I bought the ticket..and took the ride... unfortunately, I was passed out for the pre burn..woke up briefly, hearing my campmates yelling about the man burning.. Thankfully, the other who knows how many thousands got to take the ride too..like I said, bring an extra bottle of whiskey to donate to the DPW.

that said..paul's little prank sounds more like Oscar Zeta Acosta than Hunter..

kinda like sept.11 though..seemed to bring the community @ Burning Man together... Glad no one was hurt

Sitting in a bar with John Law shortly after 9-11, we both thought flying a large R/C plane into the Man would have been the ideal way to light it the next year. Probably a good thing PA didn't chose something along those lines.

phil wrote:I was considering burning a Paul Addis effigy on the Monday before the Burn, but Louise thought some people would consider it in poor taste. I'll have to show her to two posts above mine. :->

phil wrote:I was considering burning a Paul Addis effigy on the Monday before the Burn, but Louise thought some people would consider it in poor taste. I'll have to show her to two posts above mine. :->

Of course it's in poor taste.I'm not sure what that has to do with it?